ASME RAM-2-2016 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability of Equipment and Systems in Power Plants
ASME RAM-2-2016 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability of Equipment and Systems in Power Plants
ASME RAM-2-2016 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability of Equipment and Systems in Power Plants amplifies and clarifies the requirements of ASME RAM-1 for implementing a RAM program for a power-generation facility. This Standard assists in developing program goals, identifying a master equipment list (MEL) to load into the enterprise asset management system (EAMS), and populating scheduling systems with finished content as complete work orders that are ready to perform work. A RAM program includes hierarchical breakdown of the facility, tagging of equipment (i.e., components), risk categorization of systems and equipment tags, development of common standards for components, and customization for similar context locations in the plant. This Standard finalizes work organization as task lists in work orders, routes, and rounds. It provides a process to implement ASME RAM-1 based on terminology and methodology used in power plants.
ASME RAM-2-2016 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability of Equipment and Systems in Power Plants
- Foreword
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- Committee Roster
- Correspondence With the RAM Committee
- Introduction
- Scope
- Purpose
- Definitions
- RAM Program
- Redevelopment
- implementation
- Revision
- References
- Mandatory Appendix Ram process flow chart
Effective reliability plans must prevent functional failures that affect power plant performance, even though equipment itself fails. For this reason, most power plants are designed to tolerate failures of certain components. However, the design must also address ease of maintenance. It must ensure short down times when failures do occur, as well as when planning outage work. Maintaining reliable production requires a strategy supporting equipment monitoring, maintenance, and replacement. Successful maintenance strategies complement the plant design itself. Clear, actionable guidance based upon established strategies should provide effective tools to manage risk. This Standard provides an overview of common reliability program attributes to attain reliability, maintainability, and availability at minimum cost, based upon an experts’ consensus approach.
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